Support for vessels.



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ALBERT P. HALLOCK, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK` SUPPORTFOR VESSELS.

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Be it known that L'ALBERT P. I-IALLocK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New-York, have invented a new and Improved Support for Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved device for supporting demijohns and other vessels in such a manner that the vessel is securelyheldv in position against accidental displacement on a stand, and'when it is desired to pour out the. contents of the vessel into a glass or other receptacle then the vessel can be readily tilted for discharging the contents without requiring much physical exertion on the part of the operator.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in .the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all'the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement, partlyin section and showing the demijohn locked in a resting position. Fig. 2 is a like View of the same, showing the demijohn in a raised position and free to tilt for pouring out its contents. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improvement as shown in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the raising and lowering device for the demijohn, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same. y

The demijohn or other vessel A, of glass or like material, is preferably inclosed in a frame B or other suitable envelop of any approved construction, and on opposite sides of the frame B are secured trunnion-plates C, provided with integral trunnions D, carrying sleeves or ferrules E, adapted to pass into the upper forked ends F' of standards F, erected on the fulcrum ends of the side arms H3 of a U-shaped lever H, having the free ends of its side arms connected with each other by a cross-bar H4. The side arms H3 of the lever are fulcrumed on transverse pivot-pins I, attached to the standards F, as plainly indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. The bearings H and H2 are connected with each other by camsurfaces H5, formed on the side arms H2, as plainly shown in Fig. 4, it being understood that when the lever H is in an uppermost position and the trunnion-sleeves E rest in the bearings H' then the bottom of the frame B is seated on the top of the stand G, as shown in Fig.- l, and at the same time the side arms T12 of the lever H extend upwardly and outwardly, as plainly indicated `in said ligure,

Vthe axis of the trunnions D being then directly above theaxis of the pivot-pins I.

p When the several parts are in the position described, then the frame B and demijohn A are held against lateral movement, and consequently there is no danger of accidental displacement of the demijohn A and its frame B 0n the stand G.

When it is desired to pour out the contents of the demijohn A, then the operator swings the lever H downward into the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the cam-surfaces H5, acting on the trunnion-sleeves E, cause the latter and the trunnions to slide upward in the forked ends F of the standards, so that the frame B, and with it the demijohn A, is raised to bring the bottom of the frame a distance above the top of the standV G to allow of tilt- -ing the demijohn, with its frame, into a pouring position, as indicated in Fig. 2, it being understood that the trunnion-sleeves E are now seated in the bearings H2 of the lever H. The bearings H2 are so curved adjacent to the cam-surfaces H5 that when the lever H is in a lowermost position, as shown. in Fig. 2, then the lever is locked against'accidental upward swinging movement, especially as the axis of the trunnions D is in vertical alinement with the axis ofthe pivot-pins I,

so that the position of the trunnionsis notdisturbed while the frame Band demijohn A are in a tilted position.

The forked ends F' of the standards F are sufficiently high to retain the trunnion-sleeves in the said ends at the time the lever H is swung into a lowermost position and the ICO frame B, with the demijohn A, is raised into the tilting position above described.

It is understood that the frame B, containing the demijohn A, can be readily placed in position on -the support by engaging the sleeves E of the trunnions with the forked ends F of the standards F, and when the demijohn is empty it and its frame can be readily lifted out of the support.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A support for vessels, comprising trunnions carried by the vessel-frame, a stand for the vessel-frame to rest on when not in use, and a lever fulerumed on the stand and having spaced bearings for the trunnions and cam-faces between the bearings, as set forth.

2. A support for vessels, comprising trunnions carried by the vessel-frame, a stand for the vessel-frame to rest on when not in use, the stand having standards formed with forked ends, and a lever having side arms fulerumed on the said standards, in vertical alinement with the said trunnions when in position in the forked ends, the said side arms having spaced bearings for the trunnions and cam-faces between the bearings for engaging the trunnions, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT P. HALLOCK.

Witnesses:

H. WILKENS, GEORGE STARK. 

